Please check out the following prison-related articles @ https://vanderbilt.academia.edu/JohnGleissner:


We accept the incarceration regime because it is all we know. Incarceration looks bad compared to antebellum slavery in the United States. History reveals a way to reduce incarceration.
Everyone is for Prison Reform
Everyone is for prison reform ... they just don't know it yet. From every perspective, the current incarceration regime needs shrinking, improvement and relief.
Root Cause Cop-Out & Impediments to Prison Reform
Faulting the root causes of crime and mass incarceration does not advance the cause of lessening incarceration very much. More immediate causes and alternatives must be found. We cannot wait for the root causes to be eliminated.
Research Proposal
Research that has never been performed could be accomplished at almost no cost by interviewing prisoners concerning their punishment preferences.
The Thirteenth Amendment Today
The Thirteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution permits involuntary servitude. Today, we have a record number of prisoners subject to this form of servitude. Incarceration today is harmful; changes are needed.
Model Judicial Corporal Punishment Statute
With minor statutory changes, judicial corporal punishment could be constitutionally re-instituted as an effective, budget-friendly method of reducing incarceration and its ill effects on society and offenders.
The Current Prison Crisis
Our prisons are in disaster mode. The futility of prison reform is reflected in recidivism rates. A paradigm shift is needed.
Paradigm Shift Away from Big Government Needed for Prisons
Big government has morphed into, among other things, mass incarceration. Federal, state and local prisons and jails maintain near-absolute control over prisoners -- at great expense to the taxpayer. Prisons do not rehabilitate. We should, we can, we must, and we will shift from the failed paradigm.
Prison Overcrowding Cure: Judicial Corporal Punishment of Adults
All the presidents carved into Mt. Rushmore favored traditional judicial corporal punishment of adults, a punishment technique that has always been held constitutional.
How the American Prison Population Grew - A Short Outline
The American prison and jail populations have grown markedly, for a variety of reasons.
Futility in Criminal Justice & Prison Reform - An Essay
Many of the issues discussed in conjunction with prison reform reflect the futility of making incarceration better. Incarceration doesn't work very well for deterrence and rehabilitation.
The Myth That Prisoners Have It Easy
The public sometimes harbors the idea that prisoners have it easy. This is a myth.
California Prison Crisis Cure - A Practical Guide
Strong measures could solve California's prison crisis. It won't be easy, immediately popular or politically correct.
The Waste of Solitary Confinement
Solitary confinement is wasteful, harmful to prisoners and expensive. There are better ways to work, punish and discipline modern prisoners.
How to Create American Manufacturing Jobs
To create American manufacturing jobs and boost the economy generally, the U.S. and individual states should eliminate most labor-related regulation of prison industries and prison labor.
A Surprising Comparison Between Prison & Slavery
It's no use wondering whether people are trying to re-institute slavery. They already have. It's worse than before.
Who Is Biased Against Prison Reform?
Almost everyone has a bias against mass incarceration, if they think about it at all.
How to Curtail Gang Activity in Prison
Better than solitary confinement as prison punishment or discipline is traditional judicial corporal punishment. Due process must be accorded prisoners, of course.
How to Curtail Gang Activity
Traditional judicial corporal punishment, with all due process guarantees, and even offender choice, is the answer to the problem of criminal gangs involving young people.

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